Search NASA's TechPort inventory — every technology R&D project the agency has tracked, active and completed. Harvested gradually in the background (TechPort only exposes one project per API call, ~21,000 total), so the list grows over time rather than all at once.
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21,053 projects harvested so far — page 356 of 422.
| Title | Status | TRL | Technology area | Lead organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metallic Hydrogen: A Game Changing Rocket Propellant | Completed | 2 | Hybrids | Harvard University |
| Low-Mass Planar Photonic Imaging Sensor | Completed | 3 | Optical Components | University of California-Davis |
| Robotic Asteroid Prospector (RAP) Staged from L-1: Start of the Deep Space Economy | Completed | 2 | Resource Acquisition, Isolation, and Preparation | Astrotecture |
| Radiation Shielding Materials Containing Hydrogen, Boron, and Nitrogen: Systematic Computational and Experimental Study | Completed | 3 | Protection Systems | Langley Research Center |
| Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE) | Completed | 2 | Orbital Debris Mitigation | Raytheon Company |
| In-Space Propulsion Engine Architecture based on Sublimation of Planetary Resources: From Exploration Robots to NEO Mitigation | Completed | 2 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Kennedy Space Center |
| Exploration Architecture with Quantum Inertial Gravimetry and In Situ ChipSat Sensors | Completed | 2 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. |
| Comet Hitchhiker: Harvesting Kinetic Energy from Small Bodies to Enable Fast and Low-Cost Deep Space Exploration | Completed | 1 | Solar Thermal Propulsion | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Regolith Derived Heat Shield for a Planetary Body Entry and Descent System with In-Situ Fabrication | Completed | 2 | Thermal Protection Systems | Kennedy Space Center |
| Technologies Enabling Exploration of Skylights, Lava Tubes and Caves | Completed | 3 | Below-Surface Mobility | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Contour Crafting Simulation Plan for Lunar Settlement Infrastructure Build-Up | Completed | 2 | Surface Construction and Assembly | University of Southern California |
| Swarm Flyby Gravimetry | Completed | 1 | Semantic Technologies | Johns Hopkins University: Applied Physics Laboratory |
| Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments | Completed | 3 | Sample Handling | University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
| Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments | Completed | 4 | Sample Acquisition and Handling | University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
| Atmospheric Breathing Electric Thruster for Planetary Exploration | Completed | 3 | Electromagnetic Propulsion | Busek Company, Inc. |
| 3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass & Complexity | Completed | 1 | Radiation-Hardened ASIC Technologies | Ames Research Center |
| Eternal Flight as the Solution for 'x' | Completed | 2 | Aerodynamic Decelerators | Langley Research Center |
| Venus Landsailing Rover | Completed | 3 | Extreme Environments Related to Critical System Health Management | Glenn Research Center |
| CubeRover (CubeRover-TP) | Completed | 6 | Surface Mobility | Ames Research Center |
| Flexible Solar Arrays qual Protocols (FSAP-ACO) | Completed | 6 | Photovoltaic Electrical Power | Maxar Technologies |
| Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology (RAMPT) | Completed | 3 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Green Hydrazine Propellant Blend (GHPB-ACO) | Completed | — | Earth Storable Propellants | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. |
| SpaceCraft Oxygen Recovery (SCOR) | Completed | 5 | Atmosphere Revitalization | Johnson Space Center |
| In Space Manufacturing - On Demand Manufacturing Metal (ISM-ODMM) | Completed | 4 | Manufacturing Processes | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Advanced Modular Power and Energy System (AMPES-TP) | Completed | 6 | Flight and Ground Testing Methodologies | Infinity Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Inc. |
| Advanced Packaging Reflector Methods (APRM-ACO) | Completed | 4 | Computational Materials | Maxar Technologies |
| Dust Mitigation for Flexible Solar Arrays (DMFlex-ACO) | Completed | 5 | Distribution and Transmission | Maxar Technologies |
| Hot Structures Advanced Lightweight Powder Metallurgy (HALP-ACO ) | Completed | 3 | Lightweight Structural Materials | Lockheed Martin Inc. |
| Dust Mitigation Standards (DM-Stndrd) | Completed | — | Portable Life Support System | Kennedy Space Center |
| RAMPT - Refractory Alloy Additive Manufacturing Build Optimization (RAMPT-RAAMBO) | Completed | 4 | Nuclear Thermal Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Automated Reconfigurable Mission Adaptive Digital Assembly Systems (ARMADAS) | Completed | 4 | Architecture and Design of Autonomous Systems | Ames Research Center |
| High TRL Rover Lidar (HTRL) | Completed | 6 | Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Systems | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| ISRU-Advanced Alkaline Electrolyzer (AAE-BAA) | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc. |
| RAMPT - Optimized and Repeatable Components in Additive Manufacturing (RAMPT-ORCA) | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Reactive Additive Manufacturing for Fourth Industrial Revolution Exploration Systems (RAMFIRE-ACO) | Completed | 4 | Cryogenic Propulsion | — |
| Health Sensors for Inflatable habitats (HSI-TP) | Completed | 6 | Habitation Systems | Mentium Technologies Inc. |
| Rad-Tolerant Neuromorphic Processor (RadNeuro) | Canceled | 5 | High-Performance Processors | Intel Corporation |
| Ultra Fast Proximity Charging (UFPC-TP) | Completed | 5 | Distribution and Transmission | CLPS Rovers |
| Thruster for the Advancement of Low-temperature Operation in Space (TALOS) | Completed | 5 | Earth Storable Propellants | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Advanced Alkaline Reversible Cell (AARC-ACO) | Completed | 4 | Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables | PH Matter, LLC |
| Development of Low-Cost High Temperature Reusable Thermal Protection System (LCHT TPS - ACO) | Completed | — | Thermal Protection Systems | Johnson Space Center |
| Bulk Metallic Glass Gears - Implementation (BMGG-I) | Completed | 6 | Materials for Extreme Environments | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Carbothermal Oxygen Production Reactor Demonstration (COPR-TP) | Completed | 6 | Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials | Sierra Nevada Corporation |
| Space Robot Operating System (SpaceROS-ACO) | Completed | 5 | Robot Software | Blue Origin, LLC |
| ISRU-RedWater (RW-BAA) | Completed | 6 | Other Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems | Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. |
| Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA) | Completed | 7 | Robotic Systems | Ames Research Center |
| Astrobotic Terrain Relative Navigation and Visual Velocimetry Sensor (ATRN-TP) | Completed | 9 | Flight Mechanics and GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Safe Precise Landing | Astrobotic Technology, Inc. |
| Commercial Wind Constellation (CWCx - ACO) | Completed | — | Lasers | Langley Research Center |
| Micro-grid Definition and Interface Converter for Planetary Surface (MIPS) | Completed | 5 | Distribution and Transmission | Glenn Research Center |
| Mechanically Strong Polymide Aerogels (MSPA-ACO) | Completed | 4 | Materials for Extreme Environments | Aerogel Technologies |
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